Dr. Laura Gallaher on Self Awareness and Acceptance, the Fear of Failure, and Taming Our Inner Critic

2021-02-09

In today’s episode, Laura explains that you can be both self-aware and self-accepting simultaneously, and shares helpful ways to put this into practice. Laura discusses the challenges that oftentimes are self-created and inflicted as we push ourselves to be our best, and how we can overcome them. If you struggle with self-doubt, the fear of failure, and have a relentless inner critic, this episode is for you. MEMORABLE MOMENTS10:08: “I want you to have faith that there are lots of other drivers that will conti...

If you struggle with self-doubt, the fear of failure, and have a relentless inner critic, this episode is for you.

MEMORABLE MOMENTS

10:08: “I want you to have faith that there are lots of other drivers that will continue to move you forward beside the fear of not being enough.”

12:16: “We all also have this champion voice inside of us. We have this voice that wants to defend us against the inner critic, that wants to point out the ways that we're doing well, the ways that we're making progress. And for a lot of us, that champion voice is just so quiet.”

16:33: “When you can learn how to be your own best friend, and you are building that strong relationship with yourself that is self-acceptance. Turn that relationship into one of the strongest, healthiest, most positive relationships you have. It's going to have incredible cascading effects across every other relationship you have in your life.”

17:45: “Even in the moment when I'm catching myself being critical of myself, that's still a moment when I can choose self-compassion, I can choose self-acceptance, I can choose to be kind.”

Connect with Laura:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drlauragallaher/

Website: https://gallaheredge.com/join/

Suggested Books:

Insight

Dare to Lead

The Untethered Soul

About Dr. Gallaher:
Dr. Laura Gallaher is an Organizational Psychologist, Speaker, and Leadership Coach.

She began her career at NASA Kennedy Space Center. After the Space Shuttle Columbia exploded upon re-entry in 2003, killing everybody aboard, Kennedy Space Center hired Laura and a team of organizational psychologists to change the cultural influences that were deemed to play a role in the tragedy. She worked for 8 years with NASA to positively influence culture, develop leadership capacity, and improve organizational performance at Kennedy Space Center.

She was also hired to help manage the change associated with radical changes in the performance management process and philosophy at Walt Disney Parks & Resorts.

Laura’s company, Gallaher Edge, applies the science of human behavior to organizations so they can get their edge, achieve together, and enjoy the journey.

She helps executive teams have conversations they didn’t even know they needed to have. Organizations are just

people.

Gallaher Edge helps executives learn what it takes to be more profitable by truly putting people first.

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